The American soldier believed responsible for the murder of 16 civilians was
caught on surveillance video returning to his base and surrendering his
weapon that he had hidden under an Afghan shawl.

As the soldier was flown out of Afghanistan to Kuwait, the US military showed
the video, filmed from a surveillance blimp above the base in the southern
province of Kandahar, to Afghan officials to help to dispel suggestions more
than one gunman was involved.

An Afghan official told Associated Press that the footage showed the soldier
returning to the southern gate of Camp Belambay where he takes off